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TitleVilla Medici, gateway

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Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleArchitect

Creation dateUnknown

Object typeArchitecture

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LocationRome

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SubjectsArchitectural photographyDwellings--ItalyArchitecture, Renaissance--Italy

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Chapter 14: The Public and the Roman Garden

David R. Coffin

Gardens and Gardening in Papal Rome

~On May 12, 1885, Prince Marcantonio Borghese ordered the gates of the park of his villa at Rome to be closed to the public, which had been accustomed to ride or walk freely in the grounds.Among the wealth of documentation regarding the nineteenth-century...

Author

David R. Coffin

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.244-256

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00055.017

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Chapter subject tags:Giardino di Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy)Fountains--Italy--RomeInscriptionsGardens in art

7. The Hill of Gardens

David R. Coffin

The Villa in the Life of Renaissance Rome

On the 1551 Bufalini map of Rome the Pincian Hill in the northeastern part of the city is labeled “The Hill of Gardens, which is now called the Pincian” (Collis Hortulorum Quinunc Pincius Dicitur). Presumably Pomponio Leto revived the ancient name...

Author

David R. Coffin

PublisherPrinceton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.215-238

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00163.015

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18535&redirecttoanchor=39722

Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Renaissance--ItalyPincian Hill (Italy)Gardens, Renaissance--ItalyPapacy--HistorySuburban homes, Renaissance--ItalyAmmannati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592Villa Medici

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